Reign of X Reading Order

Reign of X is the final part of Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men which began with House of X/Powers of X and the main continuity Dawn of X. In Reign of X the mutants are firmly in Krakoa but everything is not all as it seems. Power struggles, new relationships and fractures from their old lives are front and centre again.

The quality of Reign of X is just as good as Dawn and House/Powers. The mainline issues with Hickman keep his tone and the tie ins do pad out and compliment Hickman’s vision, however the majority of issues aren’t by Hickman. There’s a King in Black crossover, too.

Collecting and reading Reign of X in order is not too tricky, with good trades available.The issue by issue reading order is also fairly straightforward. Let’s get to it.

What does Reign of X consist of

Reign of X is a storyline which encompasses the below series

• X-Men, by Jonathan Hickman
• S.W.O.R.D. Al Ewing
• X-Force and Wolverine by Benjamin Percy
• Marauders and Cable, X-Men by Gerry Duggan
• Hellions by Zeb Wells
• X-Factor by Leah Williams
• Excalibur by Tini Howard
• New Mutants and Children of the Atom by Vita Ayala

Reign of X Trade Reading Order

Marvel have already bound and collected Reign of X in a neat collection, but each book is rather short so it’s quite expensive until the release an omnibus.

79 issues in total with all the trades collecting the vast majority of them. Enjoy!

Reign of X, volume 1

Collecting S.W.O.R.D. #1, X-Men #16, X-Factor #5 and Hellions #7-#8.

Reign of X, volume 2

Collecting: New Mutants #14, Marauders #16, Excalibur #16, X-Force #15-#16 and X-Men #17.

Reign of X, volume 3

Collecting: Marauders #17, New Mutants #15, Cable #7 and Wolverine #8-#9.

Reign of X, volume 4

Collecting: Wolverine #10, Excalibur #17, X-Factor #6, Cable #8, Children of the Atom #1.

Reign of X, volume 5

Collecting: Excalibur #18-#19, S.W.O.R.D. #2-#3, King in Black: Marauders #1.

Reign of X, volume 6.

Collecting: S.W.O.R.D. #4, X-Men #18-#19, Marauders #18-#19, X-Force #17.

Reign of X, volume 7

X-Force #18-#19, Children of the Atom #2, New Mutants #16-#17, Cable #9.

Reign of X, Volume 8

Collecting Cable #10, Children of the Atom #3, Excalibur #20, X-Men #20, Hellions #9-#10.

Reign of X, Volume 9

Collecting Hellions #11, Wolverine #11-#12, New Mutants #18, S.W.O.R.D. #5, X-Factor #7.

Reign of X, Volume 10

Collecting X-Factor #8-#9, X-Corp #1, Marauders #20, Way of X #1.

Reign of X, Volume 11

Collecting Way of X #2, Cable #11-#12, Children of the Atom #4-#5.

Reign of X, Volume 12

Collects Marauders #21, X-Force #20, Hellions #12, Excalibur #21, X-Men #21.

Reign of X, Volume 13

Collecting Planet-Size X-Men #1, X-Corp #2, New Mutants #19, Wolverine #13, S.W.O.R.D. #6.

Reign of X, Volume 14

Collecting X-Factor #10, Way of X #3, Children of the Atom #6, Marauders #22, X-Men #1.

Reign of X Issue by Issue Reading Order

Without the omnibus, the issue by issue guide doesn’t seem so bad since the cost of getting all the trades is quite high considering they are 5-6 issues long and around £10 each.

79 issues in total so a decent sized story.

1. Excalibur #16
2. X-Factor #5
3. X-Men #16
4. Cable #7
5. Cable #8
6. Hellions #7
7. Hellions #8
8. Hellions #9
9. Hellions #10
10. Hellions #11
11. X-Force #15
12. X-Force #16
13. Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #1
14. Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #2
15. Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #3
16. Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #4
17. Wolverine #8
18. Wolverine #9
19. Wolverine #10
20. X-Force #17
21. X-Force #18
22. X-Force #19
23. Wolverine #11
24. Wolverine #12
25. Marauders #16
26. Marauders #17
27. Excalibur #17
28. Excalibur #18
29. Excalibur #19
30. Excalibur #20
31. X-Factor #6
32. X-Factor #7
33. X-Factor #8
34. New Mutants #14
35. New Mutants #15
36. New Mutants #16
37. New Mutants #17
38. Cable #9
39. Cable #10
40. Cable #11
41. Cable #12
42. X-Men #17
43. Marauders #18
44. Marauders #19
45. S.W.O.R.D. #5
46. Children of the Atom #1
47. Children of the Atom #2
48. Children of the Atom #3
49. X-Corp #1
50. X-Men #18
51. X-Men #19
52. X-Men #20
53. New Mutants #18
54. Children of the Atom #4
55. Children of the Atom #5
56. X-Factor #9
57. Way of X #1
58. Way of X #2
59. Marauders #20
60. Marauders #21
61. X-Force #20
62. Hellions #12
63. X-Corp #2
64. X-Men #21
65. Excalibur #21
66. Planet-Size X-Men #1
67. Wolverine #13
68. New Mutants #19
69. Children of the Atom #6
70. S.W.O.R.D. #6
71. Guardians of the Galaxy #15
72. Way of X #3
73. X-Factor #10
74. New Mutants #20
75. New Mutants #21
76. New Mutants #22
77. New Mutants #23
78. Marauders #22
79. X-Men #1